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Baby Grand motorcycle powered cars

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A person might think Hayabusa powered Mini's and GSX-R Smart cars are what you get when you think about motorcycle power. A reader of The Kneeslider reminds us that the land of NASCAR has its own version of things called Baby Grand Racing. These 2/3 scale cars are replicas of Nextel Cup racers and use Yamaha XJR1300 engines with about 125hp. Bodies are just like their big … [Read more...]

V8 snowblower

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Yes, I know, it's 90 degrees outside and only the beginning of August but out there on the distant horizon, winter lurks, ... waiting. These guys are ready. They built your basic Chevy V8 snowblower, it's enough to send my 5hp Ariens off whimpering in the corner. So when your bike is all tucked away, you can still play with engines and make cool stuff. via Make blog … [Read more...]

Motorcycle computer case

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There's a pretty active group of computer users doing case mods. They remove the guts of their computers and install them in things like 1940's era radios or maybe aquariums or they just create a totally new case where their imagination is the limit. This one might interest The Kneeslider's readers, it's a motorcycle computer case and to turn on the computer you have to turn an … [Read more...]

Sportbike framebuilders

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Ever known one of those guys who saves all of his old motorcycle magazines (and all of the other ones, too) and keeps saying, "Wait a minute, I think I've seen that before." and digs out the 15 year old issue and points to the photo in question? Well, I know one, ... it's me. Terrible problem, wife's ready to toss out the mags if I turn my back but then I tell her they're worth … [Read more...]

Motorcycle theft

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The previous post about the stolen transporter should highlight one thing, thieves will steal just about anything that isn't set in concrete. Watch your bike. Park it in a secure location, behind closed garage doors if at all possible. Add an alarm to your motorcycle and your garage, security cameras, too. These days they are very inexpensive and work very well. You can use an … [Read more...]

Motoart

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Several times I've pointed out scrap metal art and the like and as I was looking over the EAA website after updating info on the HondaJet, I saw this item on Motoart. This company takes parts and pieces of old airplanes and turns them into furniture, sculpture and all sorts of neat things. How about the Aqua Bomb, a ten gallon aquarium made from a MK-84 bomb tailfin. Perhaps a … [Read more...]